Friedrich Spee's Trutznachtigall

By: Dimler, Richard G.

This work is the most complete and exhaustive treatment of Spee's masterpiece, the Trutznachtigall, to date. Dimler examines all aspects of Spee's poetry: emblemata, Jesuit spirituality, classical and medieval motifs, Petrarchan influences, to name a few. He takes into account practically every major influence on Spee and seeks a synthesis. Moreover, no previous study has investigated in detail the impact of Spee's earlier work, G ldenes Tugend-buch on the Trutznachtigall. This correlation constitutes one of the major aims of the book. Finally, two all-important questions are discussed: how does Spee fuse secular and spiritual motifs in his poetry, and to what extent does he employ the typical baroque imagery of his time as a vehicle for his poetic ideas?

• Format: Leather Bound
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3261008482
• ISBN13: 9783261008480
• Release Date: December 1973
• Publisher: Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic P
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 8.9"